Our most popular event is back…
Mom’s Night Out at our new location, Bash!
Grab a girlfriend and join Des Moines Moms Blog for a fun evening Thursday, February 28 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Don’t wait to get your ticket—they sold out fast last year! Early Bird tickets are only $15 now through Sunday, Jan. 27. The price goes up to $20 starting Monday, January 28.
Tickets include fabulous food, dessert and 1 drink ticket, a great swag bag, and a chance to win awesome giveaways!
2019 Venue
We are pleased to announce our new venue for Mom’s Night Out is Bash Events and Catering at 1312 Locust Street, Suite 101, DSM. Bash is the premier modern-luxe event space and venue in the heart of Downtown Des Moines. Located across from the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, your wedding or corporate event at Bash combines an eclectic and invigorating feel combined with the historic and inviting charm of Western Gateway Park. Classic. Contemporary. Urban Luxe. Bash can’t wait to host your event! Follow Bash Events and Catering on Facebook.
Silver Sponsor
Vero Chiropractic is a neurologically-based chiropractor located in West Des Moines, IA. Unlike traditional chiropractic, Vero addresses the master control system of the body, the nervous system. In order to help you reach optimal health, we get an exact assessment of your overall health by performing a full neurological and structural analysis. At Vero Chiropractic, we partner with you to achieve your health goals, reduce your stress and allow your body to heal from the INSIDE OUT.
Follow Vero Chiropractic on Facebook
Silver Sponsor
Just Between Friends Des Moines is a semi annual children’s resale event held in the 4-H building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Kids grow fast. Most budgets don’t. We can help! Sellers earn 65-75% of sales, and shoppers save 50-90% off retail prices. The spring sales event will be held March 15-17.
Bronze Sponsor
Ankeny Family Vision Center proudly serves the Ankeny, IA area with a tradition of quality service and a friendly professional team. Dr Mandy Pietig, Dr Kenneth Hansen, and Dr Tilena Water take great pride in offering every patient the absolute best in individualized, comprehensive and preventive vision and eye health care. We have been blessed to serve this community for over 40 years. Follow Ankeny Family Vision Center on Facebook and Instagram.
Massage Partner
Make high quality, rejuvenating massage and skin therapy part of your healthy lifestyle. In addition to frequent therapeutic massage, regular facial skin therapy can help improve your complexion and brighten your outlook. Your Clive Lakepointe Center Massage Heights licensed massage and skin therapist will work with you to understand your needs, listening closely to understand your lifestyle, state of health, and individual requirements. Therapists develop a recommended regimen of massage therapy and skin care services just for you. Become a Massage Heights Member today.
Photography Partner
Katie Spellman of Spellman Photography specializes in family and senior photography and you’ll find she is a very “hands-on” photographer! She believes that children aren’t designed to sit still and works with their busy little bodies to capture fun candid moments, but also sneaks in a few posed, “smile-at-the-camera” pictures for Grandma! And moms? She’s got your back! Family portraits capture little moments in time that you’ll want to remember forever. She loves that her job makes that a reality for so many families. You can learn more about Katie and her business on her website!
Decor Partner
CamBam Custom Floral is owned by Emily Weaver who is also the lead florist. Emily has always been intrinsically drawn to the natural beauty of flowers whether she was picking her grandmother’s flowers as a child or working at her first floral shop in college where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Language Arts Education. After working in the floral industry for 8 years in both Nebraska and Arizona, Emily decided to open her own business in order to give her clients one of a kind customer service and premium quality floral design. Her designs showcase the unique personality, taste, and lives of her clients.
Food Partner
The original Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is on Berry Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was there that a glorious vision of taco heaven took hold in 2003: It would have frosty drinks. It would have good vibes. It would be the kind of place that you never want to leave. It would be a huge, craving-inducing success.
Fuzzy’s earned a cult-like following, and that first location turned into more than 100 across the country. Fuzzy’s will be providing beef and vegetarian tacos at the event!
McAlister’s Deli will be providing their delicious sandwich wrap pinwheels and their flavorful Savannah Chopped salad to moms attending Mom’s Night Out. In a nutshell, our story started in the small southern town of Oxford, Mississippi. A movie production had taken an old service station and retrofitted it into a 1950’s-style diner. After they finished, it sat vacant until a dentist bought the property. He had a vision of turning the abandoned set into a small restaurant. And in 1989—you guessed it—the first McAlister’s opened its doors. Much like today, we offered a unique menu with sandwiches, salads, spuds and a heaping spoonful of southern hospitality. We quickly became known for our great food, large portions, wide variety, and a welcoming environment… also one heck of a glass of sweet tea.
Dessert Partner
Molly’s Cupcakes will be onsite providing some of their delicious mini cupcakes! Miss Molly: Molly was my third-grade teacher. Whenever one of us had a birthday, she would bake us cupcakes. I still remember how good they were. She had her own special recipe for chocolate and vanilla. Just about everyone who tries them thinks they’re the best cupcakes ever. Our Mission: In honor of Molly and as a way to help our children, a portion of our profits is donated directly to schools in our community. Every time you eat a cupcake or sip a latte, you help our kids. So eat up!
Nothing Bundt Cakes will provide each guest with one of their famous Buntinis!
To find the perfect recipe, you first need the perfect ingredients. And that’s what our founders Dena Tripp and Debbie Shwetz were for each other. In 1997, they joined forces, or better yet kitchens, to help make cakes to entertain their friends and family. The cakes they made were delicious, unlike anything anyone had tasted.
Scratch Cupcakery was originally opened in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in June 2010.
Scratch isn’t a franchise. They’re locally grown and they partner with other locally grown businesses. They employ more than 150 people aged 17-70+. They train our staff from the ground up. They aren’t perfect, but they love the adventure.
Scratch was born from a love of making people smile. They experiment in the kitchen constantly. In all of that testing and baking, they learn about their customers. They learn your likes and dislikes. They learn about your lives and families and events. You’ve brought them into your life and allowed them to share in some of your most favorite moments. They love making you smile… Follow them on Facebook.
One Sweet Kitchen bakes the best-tasting cookies and pies in Central Iowa.
From custom wedding favors to corporate gifts, their cookies and pies always leave a lasting impression that leaves everyone wanting more. All of our treats their homemade right here in Des Moines. Check them out on Facebook!
Table Vendors
Giveaways and Swag Partners
#IMOMSOHARD is providing tickets for a giveaway!
AR Workshop is providing a giveaway!
Artisan and Brown will be providing giveaways!
Aura Cacia will be providing a giveaway!
CycleBar will be providing a giveaway!
Dermatology and Dermatology Surgery Center is providing a giveaway!
DreiBerge Coffee will be providing giveaways!
Flix Brewhouse will be providing a giveaway!
Fridley Theatres-The Palm Theatre is providing giveaways!
Knocked-Up Fitness® is providing a giveaway!
Jenna Brownlee Design will be providing a giveaway!
Just Between Friends Des Moines will be providing giveaways!
Lips By BMG will be providing a giveaway!
Mars Cafe is providing a giveaway!
Natural Grocers will be providing swag bags!
New Horizon Academy is providing a giveaway!
Pure Romance will be providing a giveaway and swag!
Salon Spa W is providing a giveaway!
Timberridge Cattle Company is providing swag!
Wells Fargo Events Center is providing a giveaway!
If you would like information on sponsorship or providing items in our swag bag, please contact [email protected]
Event Parking
There will be limited parking between Bash and Ford and Garland off of Locust Street. Additionally, there is metered street parking around Western Gateway Park, or the Nationwide Insurance ramp at 13th Street and Mulberry Street. More information on parking Downtown can be found here!
Get your tickets today!
Please note, we are only selling a limited number of tickets to the event. You must be 21 years or older to attend. No minors are permitted. Due to the nature and planning of the event, we cannot accommodate cancellations or refunds. By purchasing a ticket you are permitting Des Moines Moms Blog to take photos of you at the event for promotional use and add your email to our enewsletter list.
